August 24, 2006
Build your squad from ground up
August 24, 2006 | 8:37pmOne staple seems to ring true throughout fantasy football. Itâs almost immune to format variances. Different scoring systems and lineup requirements barely make a dent. Itâs impossible to dismiss: When...
A FASHION TAIL FOR THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amTRUST me, you will never see as much butt kissing as I did at a fashion show the other day. This was a dog fashion show that kicked off Pet...
IN N.Y., 'FOR RENT' SIGNS REPLACE 'FOR SALE' SIGNS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amIn New York, the switch is on. The slowing housing market has driven the nation's condo developers - even those in the once-sizzling local New York-area market - to pitch...
MISERLY TIMES - GLOBE WORKERS CRY FOUL AT NEW YORK PARENT
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amFed-up employees at The Boston Globe say their bosses at the New York Times Co. are even less welcome in Beantown than the Yankees. That's because managers at the Times...
RITE AID IN ECKERD DEAL
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amDrug store giant Rite Aid is in the final stages of a deal to buy Eckerd Drugs for about $3.4 billion - a combination that would put the Pennsylvania-based chain...
WANG TO SELL NEW LINE AT KOHL'S
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amDesigner Vera Wang, known for bridal gowns that cost thousands of dollars, has reached an agreement to sell a line of less expensive sportswear in Kohl's, the middle market department...
BILLION DOLLAR BABY
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe Post's fictional hedge fund Now holding: 1,000 S&P put contracts. Action: Liquidated entire euro position. Play: Sold euros at profit. We see more downside for stocks, but may hedge...
THIS TAIL'S FOR THE DOG DAYS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amTRUST me, you will never see as much butt kissing as I did at a fashion show the other day. Actually, it was more like butt licking. But I guess...
MARTIN MOVES
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amPOP star Ricky Martin will be leaving la vida loca at the Time Warner Center, now that he's got a buyer for his 65th-floor apartment. The four-bedroom, 4 1/2-bath condo,...
CITIZEN JAYNE - PAIR OF PIX REVEALS A ROUNDED ACTRESS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJAYNE Mansfield, often called the poorman's Marilyn Monroe, was another staggeringly endowed bottle blonde with a baby-doll voice who rose to Hollywood stardom in the 1950s - and died tragically...
'DAILY SHOW' VOTES OHIO
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJON Stewart is taking "The Daily Show" on the road for this year's mid-term elections - to swing-state Ohio. For the entire week before the elections, the show - to...
JEDI JERK - COLBERT LATEST INTERNET SPLASH WITH DIY 'STAR WARS' VIDEO
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA challenge by Comedy Central cut-up Steven Colbert to Internet geeks has succeeded far beyond the phony news commentator's wildest dreams. Monday, he invited viewers to edit a video of...
TWO 'SNL' CAST OFFS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amHERE'S a "Saturday Night Live" joke: what has four legs and a pink slip? The answer may be cast members Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz. The two "SNL"-ers are reportedly...
FANTASIA MOVIE SINGS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA weekend of Fantasia paid off for Lifetime Television. The cable channel's original movie, "The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairy Tale" - starring the "American Idol" winner...
BLEEPIN' LITTLE LEAGUE DELAYS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amESPN has instituted a five-second delay in its Little League World Series telecasts to prevent any more four-letter words from going out over the air. The delay is now in...
THE CONTENDERS - ADAM'S ANNUAL EMMY-JUSTICE LIST OF WHO SHOULD WIN - AND WHO WILL
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amWho will win Emmys this weekend? The answer is: A lot of people who don't deserve them but will win anyway because they're better known than some other nominees who...
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - LOVE BREAKS HEARTS; WORSE, IT RUINS SONGS; SONG REMAINS THE SHAME
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amWE all have one. That song you can't listen to because it's the one that was playing when she broke your heart, or during that summer job you couldn't stand,...
NEW PEPPER SPRAYS A FASHION ASSAULT
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHEY put the chic in kicking ass. A company hopes women attending New York nightclubs will be more willing to carry pepper spray if it's packed in blingedout barrels. The...
BUILT FOR BONGOS - MATT SHOWS HOW TO LOSE A GUT IN 10 DAYS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amMOST paparazzi catch celebrities on their way to the Starbucks, hanging out in Cancun, or driving around with a baby on their lap. But somehow Matthew McConaughey always gets caught...
A GOTHIC ROMANCE WITH BLACK NAILS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amPAINT the town black this fall. This season's hottest Gothchic beauty trend - seen on Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham and Lindsay Lohan - is short, dark nails. "I think dark...
KARR LOCKED ME UP & DRUGGED ME IN 9 MONTHS OF TORMENT AS HIS CHILD BRIDE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe underage bride lured by John Mark Karr into a nightmare marriage got letters from him marked with the initials "S.B.T.C." - the same cryptic signoff found more than a...
THE GREAT 'RACE' - FUROR AS 'SURVIVOR' SPLITS TEAMS BY ETHNICITY
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amYou could call it "Survivor: Race War." In a first for network-television game shows, "Survivor" producers have divided up the contestants by their ethnicity and will let the groups duke...
911 CALLER FATALLY SHOT
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA man was found shot dead inside an upscale New Jersey home after he had made a frantic call to 911, authorities said. Cops rushed to the home after the...
ARABS' LAST CHANCE - IF IRAQ'S DEMOCRACY FAILS . . .
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amWITH the best intentions, President Bush recently declared that it's racist to say that Arabs can't build democracies. Is it? I made the same claim in the run-up to the...
FEDS' LATEST LOSER IS A REAL DOOZY
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHEY can't scrape the bottom of the barrel much deeper. So, who knows, the feds might as well trot out David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam," to give evidence against...
WEB WALL OF SHAME FOR METH
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amDrug pushers who make or sell methamphetamine - the powerful "upper" that can be made from cold medicine - may find their names splashed all over public Web registries just...
B'KLYN BASHER BACKED
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA federal appeals court has upheld a $30,000 judgment awarded to a former Brooklyn prosecutor who claimed he was demoted because he trashed the borough as the world's murder capital...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Police are searching for a determined bank robber who went two for four in recent holdups. The suspect, wearing a baseball cap and holding a bag, walked into...
ISRAELI STRIKE WOUNDS WEST BANK BOMB PLOTTER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Undercover Israeli soldiers yesterday critically wounded a top Palestinian terrorist - wanted for organizing several suicide bombings - in the Jenin refugee camp on the West Bank, authorities...
EMBEZZLER REPAYS SCHOOL FOR DEAF
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA hearing-impaired woman who abused her position as treasurer of a parent association at the Lexington School for the Deaf in Queens to steal $10,000 won't serve any jail time....
PROBED LAWMAKER GIVES UP UNION JOB
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amQueens assemblyman and embattled labor leader Brian McLaughlin has been granted a six-month paid leave of absence from his union post while he is being investigated for possible bid-rigging. The...
'SURVIVOR' SHOCK - NEW SHOWS PIT ETHNIC GROUPS VS. EACH OTHER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amYou could call it "Survivor: Race War" For the first time on a network television game show, "Survivor" producers have divided up the contestants by their ethnicity and will let...
NUT: NO ONE CALLING ME CRAZY NOW
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJohn Mark Karr told his Thai captors last week that while some people doubted his bizarre confession to killing JonBenet Ramsey, "this is not a laughing matter, it's something serious,"...
CITY OKS 'BOUNCER' LAW
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe "bouncer bill" - which makes it easier for city officials to shutter bars and clubs if their employees don't go through background checks - was signed into law yesterday...
'STAR WARS' NUT BATTLES THE FORCE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA crazed gunman yelled about ninjas and "Star Wars" before opening fire at cops as they arrived at his Suffolk County home yesterday morning to arrest him on a warrant,...
ALIEN BUSTS DECLINING AT MEX BORDER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Agents patrolling the Mexican border caught 1 million illegal immigrants in the last 10 months, officials said yesterday. That's down 5 percent from the same period last year...
GAY EXEC SLAIN - EX-GIULIANI AIDE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amCops are looking for two mystery men who visited a prominent gay public-relations executive days before he was found dead Monday, strangled in his own bed. Martin Barreto, 49, a...
DAPPER DON HAD 'NAZI' TIE - 'JUNIOR' CARRIED DAD'S $$ FOR ME: ARYAN CON
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amMob boss John Gotti Sr. once gave an interest-free loan to a senior member of the Aryan brotherhood - and his son supplied the cash, the neo-Nazi witness testified yesterday....
SU'V' FOR VENDETTA AS FEUD TURNS FIERY - COUPLE PAYS PRICE IN BX. PARKING DISPUTE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA car was torched in The Bronx yesterday and investigators are looking into claims by the owner that the incident was sparked by a fight over parking rules. Lloyd and...
TUNNEL GUY TAKES TOLLS: DA
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA toll-taker at the Queens Midtown Tunnel allegedly couldn't resist the easy money - $4.50 hastily plopped into his hand every few seconds by drivers hustling to and from Manhattan....
DISABLED KIDS SUE SCHOOLS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJust in time for the new school year, the city Department of Education has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit that alleges a new policy cheats disabled students of required...
KIN SELL STORY TO HIRE LAWYER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJohn Mark Karr's relatives yesterday set in motion plans to sell movie and book rights to the family's story to raise money so he can hire a high-powered defense lawyer...
MIKE-JEB SHOW
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amFlorida Gov. Jeb Bush will join Mayor Bloomberg at an Association for a Better New York forum next week to push for increased accountability in public schools. The two co-wrote...
'RECORD' DERAILED
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe next stop will not be the record books for the two MetroCard Magellans seeking to navigate the entire subway system in less than 25 hours and 11 minutes. No...
INSURER PAYS UP ON WTC
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - A major insurer that had withheld payout claims for the redevelopment of Ground Zero has now agreed to fork over its share, The Post has learned. Industrial Risk...
ANDY COASTING VS. GREEN IN NEW POLLS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Just three weeks before the Democratic primary, two polls yesterday showed Andrew Cuomo holding double-digit leads over Mark Green in the battle for state attorney general. A Quinnipiac...
FIBBING TO A DEGREE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn congressional candidate who claimed to have a college degree admitted yesterday she's a few credits short - but blamed it on a technicality. City Council member Yvette Clarke,...
HAMPTONS SUMMER RENTERS MAKE $1M BEE-LINE FOR COURT
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA Manhattan family walked into a real hornets' nest when they plunked down $93,500 for a Hamptons summer rental last month. Make that seven or eight hornets' nests. Dentist Alex...
L.I. BEHEAD SUSPECT'S 'DEVIL' WAYS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA sicko accused of decapitating a Long Island woman is "a Tasmanian devil" who's only 20 percent human, a patient who was in a psychotherapy program with him said yesterday....
IT'S 'HARD' TO FAKE A BOMB
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amIs that a bomb in your suitcase, or are you just happy to see me? That's what luggage screeners were likely asking a passenger at Chicago's O'Hare Airport when they...
LOTTO LOOTER MA FILCHED $2.3 MIL - 6G-A-DAY GAME ADDICT 'FESSES UP
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amAnnie Donnelly's love of Take 5 will get her four years behind bars, at least. The petite Long Island mother of three yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing $2.3 million over...
TECH JUNKIES, BE 'BERRY' AFRAID - GADGET LIKE A DRUG, BIZ EXPERT WARNS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThey're already known as "CrackBerries" - and now researchers say that employers who make their staff work constantly on their BlackBerries could be as responsible for getting them addicted as...
HOOKER GAL PAL TURNS ON 'SLAY' PIMP
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe accused killer pimp charged with raping and strangling a helpless New Jersey teenager got some bad news yesterday - his hooker girlfriend has apparently given Jersey cops a detailed...
CRUISE MISSILE VS. MOGUL - BOOTED TOM'S TEAM CALLS STUDIO BOSS 'SELF-DESTRUCTING' & 'OFFENSIVE'
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe shocking Tom Cruise-Sumner Redstone feud escalated into a full-blown War of the Words yesterday, with the Scientologist star's camp slapping back at the media mogul - saying he's the...
'MURPHY' CLOBBERS L.I. PUB
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amMurphy's Law says whatever can go wrong, will go "worng" - so a popular Long Island tavern of the same name was closed down by Suffolk police, fire officials and...
MTA RIDERSHIP TAKES EXPRESS WITH 31% SURGE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe growth of ridership on buses, subways, and commuter rails outpaced increases in the region's population over the past decade, MTA officials said yesterday. While the population of the metropolitan...
'PERV' BLDG. SUPER BACK
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA former Washington Heights building superintendent who went on the lam after he became a suspect in several child-molestation cases was extradited to New York from the Dominican Republic yesterday,...
VICTIM SUMMONS CAVALRY VIA COMPUTER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA frightened teenage girl alone in her Long Island her home was caught without a phone when a burglar broke in - luckily, she had the Internet. Jaqueline Beaulieu, 18,...
'HIT-RUN' SURRENDER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA motorist who allegedly mowed down a woman in Brooklyn last week and then took off when he saw she was dead surrendered to police yesterday. Carlos White, 25, struck...
COP 'SMASHED' - TOO DRUNK TO KNOW HE'D HIT MAN: POLICE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe off-duty cop accused of plowing drunk into a construction area on the 59th Street Bridge - killing an artist who was taking pictures - was so out of it,...
CAR HITS WOMAN, 88, ON EAST SIDE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly woman was struck by a livery cab on the Upper East Side yesterday and thrown 40 feet in the air, police said. The horrific 4:40 p.m. accident took...
HOOP DREAMS DRAW A FOUL
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amCritics of developer Bruce Ratner's plans for an NBA arena in Downtown Brooklyn cried foul during a raucous public hearing last night. Supporters of the $4.2 billion plan said it...
MARINE KILLS GAL PAL, SELF
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amAn ex-Marine who served jail time for the kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl - a crime that sparked international outrage a decade ago - murdered a 22-year-old...
TUNNEL GUY STOLE TOLLS: DA
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA toll-taker at the Queens Midtown Tunnel allegedly couldn't resist the easy money - $4.50 hastily plopped into his hand every few seconds by drivers hustling to and from Manhattan....
DOZENS FLEE BX. JUNKYARD BLAZE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA three-alarm fire raged out of control for hours yesterday at a Bronx auto-salvage yard, spreading plumes of heavy black smoke that could be seen for miles. Nearby residents were...
FORCE DEFEATS 'STAR WARS' NUT
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA tense standoff between cops and a crazed gunman ended peacefully last night, 12 hours after he opened fire at police outside his Suffolk County home and began screaming about...
THE 5TH ANNUAL LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS - GIVE HEROES A BIG SALUTE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe Big Apple's unsung heroes help make our city the greatest in the world, and now The Post is again inviting readers to help find and honor these selfless New...
MARINE IN SLAY SUICIDE - WAS JAILED FOR '95 CHILD RAPE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amAn ex-Marine who served jail time for the infamous kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl - a crime that sparked international outrage a decade ago - murdered a...
'PERV' SUPER FUGITIVE IS BACK IN CITY
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA former Washington Heights building superintendent who went on the lam after he became a suspect in several child-molestation cases was extradited to New York from the Dominican Republic yesterday,...
HIT-RUN DEATH DRIVER SURRENDERS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amA motorist who allegedly mowed down a woman and left her for dead in Brooklyn last week surrendered to police yesterday. Carlos White, 25, allegedly struck and killed 53-year-old Mary...
HOOKER PAL MAY FLIP ON 'SLAY' PIMP
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe accused murderous pimp charged with raping and strangling a helpless New Jersey teenager got some bad news yesterday - his girlfriend has apparently given Jersey cops a detailed description...
IMMIG BUSTS ON DECLINE AT MEX BORDER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Agents patrolling the Mexican border caught 1 million illegal immigrants in the last 10 months, officials said yesterday. That's down 5 percent from the same period last year...
YANKS PLAY IT SAFE - MUSSINA PUT ON DL
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amSEATTLE - A 6 1/2-game lead over the Red Sox certainly has its rewards. Not wanting to take any chances with Mike Mussina's cranky right groin, the Yankees placed the...
COMING UP ACES - HOT WANG NOTCHES 15TH WIN
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amYankees 9 - Mariners 2 SEATTLE - Cy Wang. OK, it sounds good, but don't bet on it. Not with Roy Halladay the prohibitive favorite to win the AL Cy...
COREY TURNS THE CORNER - GIANTS DB BETTER IN 2ND YEAR
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - At the start of Giants training camp, defensive coordinator Tim Lewis offered up a fairly detailed wish-list of what he wanted to see in the month ahead. Asked,...
GIANTS FINISH HEALTHY CAMP
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - With one final practice, cars packed up and running, the Giants yesterday bid adieu to training camp, coming out of the month-long stay relatively unscathed in...
TORRE STAFF GRILLED BY 'ROID PANEL
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - Joe Torre and three members of his coaching staff were questioned at length last week by George Mitchell's investigative team looking into steroid use. Torre, first-base...
RECEIVERS UP IN THE AIR
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJET NOTES Justin McCareins started all 16 games for the Jets last year, but his playing time this season is far from guaranteed. The sixth-year receiver is battling for a...
SIX SET SIGHTS ON BERNARDINI
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Bernardini, winner of his last four starts by margins ranging from 3 3/4 to nine lengths, drew the 5 hole in a field of seven when post...
BARLOW BLOW - NEW JETS RB SORRY FOR 'HITLER' REMARK
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amFor someone who claimed earlier this week he was "a great guy, a character guy," new Jets running back Kevan Barlow didn't waste much time getting himself involved in controversy...
GLAV BACK TO BUSINESS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES For today and Saturday, Tom Glavine's plan is to be throwing a baseball. Glavine, who had an angiogram on Monday, said yesterday he would play catch today and...
INDIAN HAWKE PLAYS SPOILER
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - For eighth straight year since they created bonus for OTB Big Apple Triple for state-bred 3-year-olds, consisting of Mike Lee at seven furlongs at Belmont, NY Derby...
AGASSI MAY FACE QUICK OPEN EXIT
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amRemember the name Andrei Pavel. He's a potential answer to a trivia question: Who is the last opponent Andre Agassi faced in his glorious tennis career? The sore-backed Agassi, who...
CARILLO: ROGER TANKED MATCH
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amMary Carillo, CBS' tennis commentator, said that the world's No. 1 player, Roger Federer, was not trying to win his match last week against young Brit Andy Murray in an...
DELGADO'S GOT IT GOING
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amFor the better part of a month, Carlos Delgado was in a funk. His guesses at the plate were off, his timing was shot, his swing had gone bad. Only...
PEDRO SHOWS GLAVINE WHOLE CLOTTA LOVE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHE first time Pedro Martinez set foot in Dodger Stadium all those many years ago, he watched Tom Glavine pitch a shutout. Imagine going to your first concert and seeing...
RISE TO POWER - REYES, METS MUSCLE PAST CARDS
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amMets 10 - Cardinals 8 After their games last night, Todd Helton had hit 12 homers. All-Star MVP Michael Young had also hit 12. Derek Jeter had hit 10. Beating...
GREEN NOT BLUE OVER POWER DIP
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amYesterday Shawn Green rationalized his homer drop-off in 2006 as part of an offensive strategy. "It's not physical," Green, the Mets' new right fielder, said on a conference call. "I...
A WHOLE CLOTTA LOVE - GLAVINE'S HEALTH WAS PEDRO'S FIRST CONCERN
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHE FIRST time he set foot in Dodger Stadium all those many years ago, Pedro Martinez watched Tom Glavine pitch a nine-inning shutout. Imagine going to your first concert and...
BULLPEN'S RESTED ... AT A COST
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - Joe Torre's decision to rest Scott Proctor and Mariano Rivera on Tuesday night may have cost the Yankees a chance at victory. However, it put the...
SHAWN OF A NEW DAY - GREEN THINKS AMAZIN' THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amShawn Green is optimistic about being "a piece of the puzzle" for the Mets both now and in the playoffs. Green, the Mets' new right fielder, will be at Shea...
MOOSE COOKED - GROIN FORCES MUSSINA TO DL; KARSTENS MAY GET EXTRA TIME
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amSEATTLE - A 6 1/2-game lead over the Red Sox certainly has its rewards. Not wanting to take any chances with Mike Mussina's cranky right groin, the Yankees placed the...
DELGADO SLUMP IS NO MORE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amWillie Randolph could claim all he wanted that Carlos Delgado wasn't in a slump, but the first baseman knew better. His guesses at the plate were off, his timing was...
SORE THROAT KO'S A-ROD
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Alex Rodriguez arrived at Safeco Field last night with a fever and a viral throat infection so severe he was sent home. "I said, 'Get out of here,'...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 24, 2006 | 4:00amJoshua Beury of Jim Thorpe, Pa., was drunk when he showed up in court for sentencing on a DWI charge, and admitted that he routinely drinks 12 beers a day...